Giuseppe di Rossi [After Jodocus Hondius]. Terrestrial Globe. Rome 1615. State_Texas illustrating a proposed mail route

illustrating a proposed mail route from Fort Stoddart to New Orleans

This is a notably fine example of their work and was published by the founder of the firm

of a reddish color

A pair of globes soon became an essential element in the decoration of a library or study

Giuseppe di Rossi [After Jodocus Hondius]. Terrestrial Globe. Rome 1615. State_Texas illustrating a proposed mail routeGiuseppe di ROSSI (1570 1639) [After Jodocus Hondius (1563 1612)] Terrestrial Globe Terrestrial globe, heavy plaster coated wooden sphere applied with 12 engraved globe gores printed on thick paper, geography copied directly from the Jodocus Hondius 1601 globe, very lightly varnished, paper surface lightly rubbed. The explanatory cartouche set in the Pacific is identical to the Hondius original, and the second dedicatory cartouche by Rossi dedicates